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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    moo2moo wrote: »
    However the maximum permissable tow weight of a Mazda MX5 is zero so in towing anything you'd invalidate your insurance and risk being slapped with a reckless driving penalty if caught.

    No, no... Not a GT. A sports car...

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  • moo2moo
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    Thats so not a sports car. Thats the status symbol of a fat bald 60 year old on his second midlife crisis with a silicone enhanced girlfriend significantly younger than his children and no taste.
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    moo2moo wrote: »
    Thats so not a sports car. Thats the status symbol of a fat bald 60 year old on his second midlife crisis with a silicone enhanced girlfriend significantly younger than his children and no taste.

    Who has no taste? The 60 year old, or the girlfriend?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
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  • Lula-Hula
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    Oy you two,

    A boat is what I'm after.

    I do not wish to run 2 separate road vehicles & as a camper van wont fit in my garage & I dont have a drive, parking is somewhat 'challenging' & the local Waitrose has an anti-chaikey-wagon height barrier, then its quite clear that a boat is the most sensible option. Our bikes will easily fit on a boat so we wont need a car when we're on the move. The cat can also come along.

    I do not need a permanent residential mooring as I have every intention of keeping my current home with its full amenities including fully stocked & functioning bathroom, washing machine & recently acquired large wardrobe, to say nothing of it being well within the catchment area of good local secondary school ;).

    I simply want a sanctuary away from everyday life. I have never aspired to a large property & all the financial responsibility, kudos & maintenance that goes with it. Having a permanent home somehow involves gathering stuff & clutter. I want a place where only the bare essentials are required.

    I have had a NSD, am slowly wading through all those organizations that need to know abnout the change of bank details & it's been monday :(

    'nuff said, I'm off to bed

    xx
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    A boat is what I'm after.

    I do not wish to run 2 separate road vehicles & as a camper van wont fit in my garage & I dont have a drive, parking is somewhat 'challenging' & the local Waitrose has an anti-chaikey-wagon height barrier, then its quite clear that a boat is the most sensible option. Our bikes will easily fit on a boat so we wont need a car when we're on the move. The cat can also come along.

    I do not need a permanent residential mooring as I have every intention of keeping my current home with its full amenities including fully stocked & functioning bathroom, washing machine & recently acquired large wardrobe, to say nothing of it being well within the catchment area of good local secondary school ;).

    I simply want a sanctuary away from everyday life. I have never aspired to a large property & all the financial responsibility, kudos & maintenance that goes with it. Having a permanent home somehow involves gathering stuff & clutter. I want a place where only the bare essentials are required.

    Lula, sorry its been Monday :kisses3: I really, really know that feeling, especially with letting big organisations know things :(

    I had to quote the bit from your previous post about the boat tho. I knew there was a reason I just subscribed to your thread!

    I do want/actually do own my own home, but otherwise I'm with you every step of the way. I've got my driving test, but never driven regularly. And I see myself meandering about, but for long meanders, my vehicle of choice would be a winnebago or something, and I couldn't drive that without a year or so of refresher driving lessons.

    So its a boat :j:j:j
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  • Souk08
    Souk08 Posts: 3,240 Forumite
    You're all mental, lovely but mental with the boat and sports car chat!

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    Oy you two,

    A boat is what I'm after.

    I do not wish to run 2 separate road vehicles & as a camper van wont fit in my garage & I dont have a drive, parking is somewhat 'challenging' & the local Waitrose has an anti-chaikey-wagon height barrier, then its quite clear that a boat is the most sensible option. Our bikes will easily fit on a boat so we wont need a car when we're on the move. The cat can also come along.

    Absolutely - cats love boats. This one is leaping into the air and clapping its paws...

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    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • Karmacat
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    That would be a great photo if the kids didn't also look absolutely *terrified* :eek:

    Its the kind of photo that makes me wimp out and think "I hope everyone was okay .... they (who's "they"?) wouldn't put a photo like that up if anyone came to any harm, would they?"
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    That would be a great photo if the kids didn't also look absolutely *terrified* :eek:

    Its the kind of photo that makes me wimp out and think "I hope everyone was okay .... they (who's "they"?) wouldn't put a photo like that up if anyone came to any harm, would they?"

    Thought it was only me that thought like that :o I always worry whether homeless kittens on TV get homes!
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  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Shoe_Gal wrote: »
    Thought it was only me that thought like that :oI always worry whether homeless kittens on TV get homes!



    Err yes they do, & then to show their gratitude they spend the next 6 months bringing unwanted gifts such as half a mouse, numerous frogs in varying stages of death & occasionally just a handful of feathers.

    Sorry, cant concentrate, too buys being shocked at bbc1 :eek:
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